Topi Saha – Kolme veljee

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The first part of my vacation is over and one of the highlights of it was finally seeing Topi Saha’s live performance. I’ve been a fan since the days when Myspace ruled the social media, but somehow our paths didn’t cross until now at Indie-iltamat. The show was unfortunately a bit short due to the schedule of the evening, but I did love every second of it. It also reminded me that I still haven’t even mentioned Topi Saha’s second album Kolme veljee that came out in march on Warner Music Finland. Major labels rarely get things right, but it’s time to give credit when credit is due. Releasing such a magnificent record by a young Finnish folk singer-songwriter is definitely worth a praise. This small blog entry is also a note to self: Buy the record man. So far I’ve been only spinning this thing on Spotify and that just ain’t right. This is Se joka karkuun pääs.

topi saha – se joka karkuun pääs from Stickmen Hki on Vimeo.

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Video of the Day #129: Talmud Beach

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Talmud Beach and their self-titled debut album kind of flew under my radar last year. Therefore this new music video Time On Highway 5 directed by James Tuovinen was a welcome eye opener. After watching this thing several times during the past two months, I’m more than ready to jump on this loose train. People outside Finland can soon follow my path, because the excellent Bone Voyage Recording Company is currently working on the European release of this album. Time On Highway 5 goes like this.

Talmud Beach – Time On Highway 5 from Hevosburger on Vimeo.

Talmud Beach at Facebook
Bone Voyage Website

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Matti Jasu & The Close Encounters: Pin On the Map

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The new Matti Jasu & The Close Encounters album Pin on the Map was released 26.6.2013. I bought it instantly and have spent hours of listening to it during the past week. It’s just damn good and my favourite Finnish album of the year so far. The debut Samurai VS Computer was already great, but this thing is just getting better all the time. Below you can listen to She Won’t Come Back from the new album. Listen to / buy the whole album on his Bandcamp. Price is also more than reasonable. 4€ for the digital and 6€ for the CD.

Matti Jasu Website
Matti Jasu at Facebook
Matti Jasu at Bandcamp

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Laura Moisio – Spiraali & Yksin koko elämän

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Finnish singer-songwriter Laura Moisio was recently signed by the excellent Lumpeela julkaisut and she is currently recording her debut album. We’ll have to wait for the album to hit the record stores and our hearts until early 2014, but the first outtakes from the upcoming album surfaced a week or two ago. These digital singles Spiraali and Yksin koko elämän are available on iTunes/Spotify/etc. I’m especially enjoying this hauntingly beautiful song called Spiraali. Julia Elomäki directed this simple, but striking video for the song.

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Laura Moisio at Facebook
Laura Moisio at Soundcloud

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